The romantic balladeer first cracked the pop chart in February 1957 with "Wonderful!

A decade prior, Carlos was better known as a soap opera star in such telenovelas as "Gallito Ramírez" and "Escalona", juggling acting with a career as a romantic balladeer.

The biggest change in Mr. Damone over the long haul has been his metamorphosis from a romantic balladeer into a more sophisticated swinger.

Mr. Groban, as seen on "Ally McBeal," "Great Performances" and "Oprah," is a romantic balladeer who means it.

Of the string of Mediterranean-style romantic balladeers who created their own subgenre of American pop in the 1940's and 50's, Mr. Damone is the only one who has maintained that ardently creamy sound.

The hits "Nature Boy" and "Mona Lisa" introduced the romantic balladeer with the feathery timbre and perfect enunciation who fathered the Johnny Mathis school of rhapsodic crooning.

The show, which plays through Nov. 23 at Rainbow and Stars (30 Rockefeller Plaza), finds a comfortable balance between the two sides of Ms. McGovern, the pitch-perfect sound effects virtuoso, and the romantic balladeer.

In January 2006, "Burn", a duet with romantic balladeer Christian Bautista, was released as a radio-only single.

And at his New York concert debut on Tuesday at the Ballroom, he revealed himself as a romantic balladeer with a strikingly sunny disposition.

Part of the '90s wave of honky tonk hitmakers that brought country to new commercial heights, John Michael Montgomery made his name primarily as a romantic balladeer.